Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Supreme Court has admitted the Narendra Modi government’s plea seeking to levy a green cess on every unit of conventional electricity generated in the state in a bid to generate funds to promote clean energy. Levy of such cess was opposed by major industrial players of the state, including …
This report compiles some case studies of developmental projects in India that have been affected by environmental and social impacts arising out of the project activities.The acts and regulations governing the environmental and social aspects of project finance deals in India are elaborate and clear. However, based on the case …
A meeting of Environment Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council was held here today under the Chairmanship of MLC, Dr. Bashir Ahmed Shah (Veeri). Legislators, Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah, Showket Hussain Ganie were also present in the meeting. The Committee discussed the issues related to framing of State Action …
The cell is expected to ensure effective utilisation of fly ash generated by power plants The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has formed a fly ash cell to monitor its use. The cell is expected to ensure effective utilisation of fly ash generated by power plants. "A decision for setting …
After a period of uncertainty, the decks have finally been cleared for companies mining for coal to earmark an amount equivalent to the royalty they pay to the government for the well-being of project-affected people. The move would erode the profitability of mining entities, including Coal India (CIL), the largest …
Alleging that dust particles released by Toshali cement factory situated at Koraput's Ampabali under Pottangi block is polluting the atmosphere, tribals locked the factory for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Over 500 villagers of Ampabali and Golur panchayat have sat on a dharna in front of the company's main …
The model adopted by Ghana and Indonesia for making their industry eco-friendly will now be adopted in Himachal Pradesh which will result in the shrinking of the number of units placed under the negative list for emitting more pollutants. A high-level team from the World Bank (WB) in Washington yesterday …
With the ambient air quality of Ambuja Cements Limited and JP Cements above prescribed norms in the latest sampling reports compiled by the State Pollution Control Board, the board has issued a notice to the two units to adopt measures to control pollution, failing which further action will be taken. …
The Supreme Court today directed 10 cement manufacturing companies to pay Rs 630 crore by June 24 as a pre-condition for hearing their appeals against a penalty of Rs 6,300 crore imposed on them for artificially hiking cement prices by forming a cartel. A vacation Bench comprising Justices Gyan Sudha …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today termed as "disastrous" the Centre's view that the panel's expert members who are to visit Nirma's cement plant site in Gujarat won't be able to ascertain if the area is a waterbody or not due to prevailing drought conditions there. A vacation bench headed …
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a cement company to use the plastic waste generated across the state, as fuel for its manufacturing plant. Vasavdatta Cement, a company with its plant in Karnataka, would be procuring the plastic waste collected by the …
SHILLONG: Marking the world Environment Day with a heavy heart, renowned columnist Rev HH Mohrmen observed that if the government falls back on introducing and implementing strict laws to check unregulated mining, the state will witness many dead rivers as is the case of Jaintia Hills. Terming Jaintia Hills as …
The public hearing for the first phase of Ultratech's proposed cement plant in Tamil Nadu on Thursday appeared to be a stage-managed event. Officials and police at the event did not allow a volunteer from Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Senthil, to film the proceedings. He was …
The Virbhadra Singh-led Congress government, in a late evening cabinet decision on Wednesday, decided to grant licence to Reliance Industries for setting up a cement plant in the Chopal tehsil of apple-producing upper Shimla district. The cement plant would be based on limestone, shale and quartzite and was given a …
SHILLONG: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will take a call on the quantum of penalty to be imposed on cement plants which have violated the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 as per the findings of the Joint Inspection Team (JIT) constituted by the State Government, Forest …
SHILLONG: The Gauhati High Court has asked the Meghalaya Government to strictly implement the directives of the Ministry of Environment & Forest pertaining to the violation of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 by cement companies located in Jaintia hills. The Court also directed the State Government to undertake a joint …
’’Instead of taking action against the erring cement companies indicted by the JIT, the State Government came out with an amendment on definition of forest which was nothing but to shield the cement lobbies. If this (act on forest definition) is not stopped, more and more forest cover of the …
TNPCB issues consent to establish two such sludge disposal facilities at Tirupur and Karur. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued consent to establish two facilities for disposal of sludge generated from textile dyeing effluents. The Federation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), Tiruppur and Federation of CETPS and …
Emissions from power plants and factories covered by the European Union's carbon market fell by 1.4 percent last year, preliminary like-for-like data showed on Tuesday, helping keep the EU on track to reach its 2020 emissions reduction target. Around 10,000 installations out of some 13,000 firms operating under the EU's …
Accused of supplying sub-standard coal at high prices, the country’s largest coal producer, Coal India (CIL), is planning to make third-party inspection of coal samples mandatory for all future fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with the user industries in the power, steel and cement sectors. Sources privy to the development told …
